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- The Prophetic Era
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Summary
Sha'rawi holds that God testified to His oneness before any creature did, so the self's testimony to itself is the strongest, and the creatures testify after it 2.
Attributes before their objects
He notes that God's attributes existed before what they relate to: God is Creator before anything is created, and Provider before anyone is provided for. He argues that God created the universe with His attributes complete before any creature testified 1.
Encompassing knowledge
He notes that after creating the earth and the heavens, God says He has knowledge of everything, so no atom is hidden from Him, and the whole universe acts only by His permission and will. He cites the verse about the weight of a grain 2.
Not yet checked
This is Sha'rawi's reading of the divine testimony. No academic or other-tradition view is set out here on this point, and none is checked.
People and things also explored
The people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sin· The hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoning· Islamic eschatology· Reason and heart· The Throne (al-Arsh)· Al-din al-qayyim (the upright religion)· Absolute unseen (al-ghayb al-mutlaq)· «Be, and it is» (kun fa-yakun): creation by command, not by a mould
Sources
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.233
- Sha'rawi's Khawatir around the Holy Quran, volume one (scan copy) , p.234
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “God's testimony to His own oneness”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/shahadat-allah-bi-tawhidihi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.